Trinity Industries (TRN) Competitors

Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer TRN or AGCO?

In the previous week, AGCO had 18 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AGCO and 4 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat AGCO's score of 1.12 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGCO	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TRN or AGCO?

Trinity Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Industries	$2.86B	0.73	$106M	$1.62	15.82
AGCO	$10.78B	0.71	-$424.80M	-$7.80	-13.15

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TRN or AGCO?

86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRN or AGCO more profitable?

Trinity Industries has a net margin of 4.49% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. AGCO's return on equity of 13.40% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Industries	4.49%	11.78%	1.71%
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, TRN or AGCO?

Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TRN or AGCO?

Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. AGCO has a consensus price target of $103.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given Trinity Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Trinity Industries is more favorable than AGCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AGCO	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is TRN or AGCO a better dividend stock?

Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Trinity Industries pays out 74.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out -14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and AGCO has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRN or AGCO?

AGCO received 70 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.83% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 51.09% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trinity Industries	Outperform Votes 399 62.83%	Underperform Votes 236 37.17%
AGCO	Outperform Votes 469 51.09%	Underperform Votes 449 48.91%

Summary

Trinity Industries beats AGCO on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.